Principal Product Engineer – Imagery & Remote Sensing
Environmental Systems Research InstitutePrincipal Product Engineer – Imagery & Remote Sensing
Environmental Systems Research InstituteLocation
Redlands, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/25/2026
Compensation
$120,640 per year
Job description
Esri is seeking individuals with expertise in imagery and remote sensing to join their Software Products team. The role focuses on designing and delivering innovative solutions for geospatial analysis using data from various platforms. Candidates will work closely with development and product leads to enhance ArcGIS remote sensing capabilities. This position offers an opportunity to shape the future of remote sensing technology across diverse GIS applications.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in remote sensing, image processing, or image analysis
- Strong expertise with GIS concepts and extensive experience using ArcGIS platform technologies
- Demonstrated ability to conduct applied research and rapidly prototype analytical workflows using Python
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Geography, Remote Sensing, Geophysics, Geomatics, or a related field
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with software developers on software project teams to design, develop, and release product updates which innovate and advance ArcGIS remote sensing capabilities
- Design, test, and validate recommended patterns and practices which communicate how users can best leverage ArcGIS remote sensing advancements
- Work with other lead engineers to develop product update roadmaps and schedules based on understanding and prioritizing user issues, requests, and feedback
- Act as a subject matter expert for multiple products and be available as a technical point of contact for internal and external knowledge sharing and education
- Support technology demonstrations and presentations for industry events
- Work across engineering teams to coordinate and align development planning and roadmaps for broad reaching projects like Geospatial AI
- Help manage software development priorities and manage user expectations through active communication and coordination
- Understand, test, and communicate deployment patterns and recommended configurations for highly scalable imagery and remote sensing systems based on ArcGIS
- Research, prototype, and recommend new approaches for AI-enabled image analysis, raster analytics, and imagery workflows, including emerging foundation models and embeddings
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
44
FY2026
Approval rate
98.9%
FY2026
LCA certified
67
FY2026
Entry-level share
49.3%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+3%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-31%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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